Allegations that Pitocchelli harassed a Tequesta police dispatcher led a jury to award the woman more than $400,000 in August. That was four times as much as the woman’s attorney said she deserved for her treatment by the former chief.

Pitocchelli, a longtime Delray Beach police officer, resigned in 2012 after a year as Tequesta police chief citing health reasons. He was rehired as a lieutenant and resigned again in 2014.